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From: jim@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au (Jim Underwood)
Newsgroups: comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Consensus Journals:Nonexistent journals based upon peer consensus
Message-ID: <18637@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au>
Date: 20 Nov 90 03:46:09 GMT
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cox@stpstn.UUCP (Brad Cox) writes:

>In article >27172@cs.yale.edu> yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu (Norman Yarvin) writes:
><dsstodol@daimi.aau.dk (David S. Stodolsky) writes:
><> A statistical 
><>procedure is used to identify the most 
><>knowledgeable representative of each 
><>consensus position...
><
><Then your method is complete crap.

>Does anyone else find this retort as offensive as I do?

Sorry Brad!  It seems fair enough comment to me.
"Consensus" means "agreement of opinion on the part of all concerned" (OED)
How do you expect to represent this statistically ???????




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